ELA+2+Lesson+3


 * Topic: Exploring nature **

RI. 2.1 - Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. RI.2.5 - Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. RI.2.8 - Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text. RI.2.9 - Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. RL.2.1 - Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. RL.2.5 - Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. RL.2.11 - Make connections between self, text, and the world around them (text, media, social interaction). RRF.2.3a - Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one-syllable words. RRF.2.4a - Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. W.2.2 - Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section. SL.2.1c - Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion. L.2.1f - Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (e.g., The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy). L.2.4a - Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
 * Common Core standards: **

Students will be able to understand, recognize, apply, and analyze the following skills:
 * Suggested student objectives: **
 * Author's purpose
 * Long vowels
 * Sentences that describe
 * Statements and questions


 * Suggested additional readings: **
 * __Living and Nonliving__ by Carol Lindeen
 * __ Earth's Water Cycle __ by Robin Nelson
 * __All about Seasons__ by Joanne Randolph
 * __ABC's of Plants__ by Bobbie Kalman
 * __Looking at Landforms__ by Ellen Mitten
 * __Maisy's Nature Walk__ by Lucy Cousins
 * __PeeWee's Tale__ by Johanna Hurwitz
 * __Max Goes to the Nature Center__ by Adria F. Klein

Study Zone - online quiz about author's purpose Study Zone - slideshow about author's purpose Study Zone - lesson about author's purpose Nature for Kids - website promoting outdoor recreation Journeys lesson activities Brainpopjr - video about natural resources BookFlix - paired read - aloud fiction and informational text about insects Brainpopjr - video about long vowel sound A Brainpopjr - video about types of sentences Brainpopjr - video about writing book reports
 * Resource links: **

Identify text evidence that shows the author’s purpose is to entertain. Duration: approximately 50 minutes Necessary materials: //Provided://
 * Activities and learning outcome: **
 * Direct Teaching Example chart
 * “The Hiking Trip” Passage and independent practice worksheet

//Not Provided//:
 * __The Adventures of Taxi Dog__ by Debra and Sal Barracca
 * Chart paper
 * Markers
 * Books from classroom library
 * Lesson plan

Teacher will explain that authors have different reasons for writing books and that one reason an author will write a book is to entertain the reader. Teacher will show students a variety of books from the classroom library which were written to entertain the reader. Teacher will talk about the characteristics of books that show that the author is trying to entertain the reader. Teacher will read //The Adventures of Taxi Dog// by Debra and Sal Barracca, stopping to chart the characteristics of the book that show that the author is trying to entertain the reader. (Direct Teaching Teacher chart is provided below in Teacher and Student Materials.) Ask: "How did I identify characteristics of the text that show the author's purpose was to entertain?" Students should respond that you read the text and paid attention to details in the story that were funny, silly, told a story or characteristics of fiction. Students will choose books from our classroom library that show that the author is trying to entertain the reader. Each student (or group of students) will choose one book and give two examples from the text that show that the purpose of the book is to entertain.
 * ===DIRECT TEACHING===
 * Watch a Video Teacher Tip: Modeling **
 * ===THINK CHECK===
 * ===GUIDED PRACTICE===
 * ReadWorks - Direct Teaching Teacher chart

will read the passage “The Hiking Trip.” Student will identify text evidence from the passage that shows the author’s purpose is to entertain. (Student Independent Practice is provided below.)**TIP:** Scaffold learning by having students underline text evidence that supports the author’s purpose in the Independent Practice passage
 * ** ASSESSMENTS **
 * ===INDEPENDENT PRACTICE===

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